King is a 5-foot-5 senior guard from Spokane, Wash.
No. 4 Montana Western went 1-1 on the road. The Bulldogs beat MSU-Northern 64-30 and lost to No. 13 University of Providence 61-50. The loss to the Argos was UMW’s first of the season.
King averaged 23.5 points, four rebounds and 1.5 steals. She was 18 of 44 from the field including and 2 of 3 from the free throw line.
Also nominated and listed in alphabetical order: Jossilyn Blackman of Lewis-Clark State, Brooke Jones of Rocky Mountain College, Peyton Kehr of MSU-Northern, Jaidyn Lyman of Carroll College, Emilee Maldonado of the University of Providence and Kaylee Zard of Montana Tech.